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- Chinese school of rock? Somebody tell Jack Black (Calgary Sun)
How to explain and explore the global expansion of heavy metal music? That sounds like a job for Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen, directors of Metal: A Headbanger's Journey, the film that took the metal world by storm in 2005.
- Probing the inner life and legend of R. Buckminster Fuller - International Herald Tribune
Probing the inner life and legend of R. Buckminster FullerInternational Herald Tribune, France - 43 minutes agoThe two exchanged letters almost daily, with Fuller writing that their relationship was "completely my realization of the ideal of love. ...
- Nick Cave: Still scary after all these years - Brandeis Hoot
Nick Cave: Still scary after all these yearsBrandeis Hoot, MA - 4 minutes agoMoreover, his lyrical voice invokes a perfect synthesis of pop songwriting sensibility and Faulkner-esque stream of consciousness poetry. ...
- Thursday Tech Tip: Read At Work - Shiny Shiny
Thursday Tech Tip: Read At WorkShiny Shiny, UK - 1 hour agoNot all of the books work here in the UK (presumably because of copyright regs) but there's a good grounding in classics and poetry to get you going. ...
- Calendar for April 17 (The Milpitas Post)
Representatives from the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society and California Native Plant Society will be speaking at the next Green Thumb Garden Club meeting on April 28.
- Get down with the kids ... (Guardian Unlimited)
Life & style: Bella, two, was less than impressed by her first music festival, but her father Craig McLean will try again
- Iranian scholar compiling Andalusian love poems - Tehran Times
Iranian scholar compiling Andalusian love poemsTehran Times, Iran - 10 hours agoâWhen the Muslims captured Andalusia a fusion of Arab poetry and Spanish poems were created that was named âMoushahatâ,â he said, adding âI am translating ...
- Elsie von Maur, driving force of Quad-City symphony, dies at 106 - Quad-Cities Times
The Quad-City Symphony Orchestra used to practice on Sunday afternoons in Davenportâs Masonic Temple, sometimes only to a one-person audience of Elsie von Maur. Von Maur, of Davenport, died Monday at the age of 106. Her lasting legacy will be to ...
- For a Hockey Playerâs Workouts Off the Ice, Go Straight to the ... - New York Times
Within the first few minutes of âMVP,â a new drama â and I use that term as one might call âBig Mommaâs Houseâ a film â a young woman barely out of her teens is straddling a guy upstairs during a party at her parentsâ Disney World ...
- Dog-inspired tale wins book prize - Age
WHEN Michelle de Kretser's dog went missing in the Gippsland bush for 13 days a few years ago, she didn't see the trauma as potential material for fiction. "Then, as time recedes, I guess you start to see a fictional shape to it." Last night the ...
- The 5-minute Interview: Roger Lloyd Pack, actor and poet - The Independent
Roger Lloyd Pack, 64, is perhaps best known for his roles as Colin 'Trigger' Ball in 'Only Fools and Horses' and Owen Newitt in 'The Vicar of Dibley'. He will be participating in this year's Ledbury Poetry Festival, which takes place from 4-13 July ...
- On Poetry: Why Shakespeare lasts (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Time for a sonnet -- one of my favorites. It's proof that the sound of language is what makes a poem.
- In StorySlam, strangers go on stage & bare their souls - Philadelphia Daily News
IF WHAT'S DONE in the dark will come to light, baring your soul to a shadowy room of strangers could end in disgrace. But at First Person Arts StorySlam, where 10 amateur storytellers mount a dimly lit stage to share details of intimate experiences ...
- Namibia: Book On Aids, Violence Launched (AllAfrica.com)
A book on Aids and violence against Namibian women and children was launched at the Katutura Community Arts Centre on Tuesday evening.
- Edison student graduates, looks ahead - MiamiHerald.com
Edison student graduates, looks aheadMiamiHerald.com, FL - 53 minutes agoWriting a book of poetry or starting a rock band are also on her list. At 18, she can afford to dream big even if her work world often goes in circles. ...
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